Thanks, and same to you. Shortened my run last night as I overdressed and got too hot, will try again this afternoon, then off to see movie "Australia", probably the country where I would most like to live.

Thanks and same to you and everyone else that stops in. Okay, I have successfully completed four days of training (threadmill) with no calf pains or issues. I'm taking it relatively slow and not training everyday and won't do many consecutive days for a while as well. Did 4.5 miles yesterday plus a mile of walking and gradually increasing my Elevation and speed. So far the legs, ankles, breathing and all feels find, not tiring at all. Who knows, if we get a 45 degree day on the weekends, I might get outside and run. So I'm slowly getting back in the groove and that also means that I'll feel like stopping in here more often again to say hello and see how everyone is doing. Larry

Larry i hope you are still making progress. Bitterly cold here, which is preventing me from running as much as I should, but did a really hard tempo last night, just over 5k, 26 minutes all bundled up in layers of clothing, so happy with that result. Temp -26 Celsius this morning, about -15 F. Will try the exercise bike in the basement tonight!

if you know of some good websites that I can check out for local FL races, let me know

how about this race...it's in Tampa. Not sure how far that is from where you will be: http://www.lionseyefoundation.org/index.php?section=1 or you can try this web-site: http://www.runningintheusa.com/RacesByState.asp?State=FL&Month=3

Paul, I'll be on the East Coast in FT Lauderdale/Miami and Tampa is on the West coast and north, so not feasible. However, I will check out the website later and see what I can fine. Thanks for the info.

how about this race...it's in Tampa. Not sure how far that is from where you will be: http://www.lionseyefoundation.org/index.php?section=1 or you can try this web-site: http://www.runningintheusa.com/RacesByState.asp?State=FL&Month=3

Hey, Larry, sorry it took me so long to see your question. I'm more in tune with the races up my end, which is a couple counties north. I'm hoping the 5k I ran last year that weekend will be repeated, but it would be a couple hours' drive for you and not worth it. I'm glad you found something that's more doable. Of course, our state's coast-to-coast relay is run that weekend, too . . . Sorry I've been so absent. I'm running . . . I'm six weeks out from my marathon and thinking crazy thoughts. I just clicked the "register" button over at active and now I'm wondering WHAT WAS I THINKING? But training is going mostly well. I've got another 20 this weekend and I'm hoping to have company for at least some of the early miles. When I get past this race I'll settle down and start picking out HMs.

It's been a while so I thought I would check in. I'm starting to feel the mojo come back. I finally have my mileage up to where I want it to be. All just easy miles for now. In a couple of weeks I'll add a midweek tempo run to the schedule. Still doing the yoga twice a week and really like it. My half is May 3. I'd like to do well, but this time it won't be a goal race. The goal is a marathon in the fall, so I'll probably not have much of a taper for the half. If that has an effect on my time, so be it. Vixi, good luck with your marathon. Happy running, all.